Twickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond
upon Thames, south west London.
It is the largest stadium in the world devoted solely to the sport of rugby union, the 2nd largest stadium in the UK after Wembley
Stadium and the 4th largest stadium in Europe.
The stadium is the home of the Rugby Football Union (RFU), and as such primarily a venue for rugby union and hosts England's home test
matches, as well as the Middlesex Sevens, the Aviva Premiership final, the LV Cup, Heineken Cup matches and Barbarian F.C. home matches.
The stadium is considered an icon of English rugby union and the 2009/2010 season saw Twickenham celebrate its centenary. The 100th anniversary
of the first international at HQ in 1910 was marked by the England team wearing a special commemorative shirt against Wales on 6 February 2010
and by a centenary book called Twickenham – 100 Years of Rugby's HQ.
Although the ground is usually only occupied by rugby union, it has in the past hosted a number of other events, such as concerts by Rihanna,
Iron Maiden, Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi, Genesis, U2, The Rolling Stones, The Police, Eagles, R.E.M. and Lady Gaga. It has also been the host of
Rugby league's Challenge Cup final.
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The Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales,
located in the capital city, Cardiff. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union
team and has also staged games of the Wales national football team. Initially built to
host the 1999 Rugby World Cup, it has gone on to host many other large-scale events, such
as the Tsunami Relief concert, the Super Special Stage of Wales Rally Great Britain, the
Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain and numerous music concerts.
The Millennium Stadium is owned by Millennium Stadium plc which is a subsidiary company of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU).
The stadium was designed by a team led by architects Bligh Lobb Sports Architecture. WS Atkins were the structural engineers,
and the building contractor was Laing. The total construction cost of the stadium was £121 million, of which the Millennium
Commission funded £46 million.
The stadium opened in June 1999 and its first major event was an international rugby union match on 26 June 1999, when Wales
beat South Africa in a friendly by 29–19 before a test crowd of 29,000. With a total seating capacity of 74,500, it is the
third-largest stadium in the Six Nations Championship behind the Stade de France and Twickenham. It is also the second-largest
stadium in the world with a fully retractable roof and was the second stadium in Europe to have this feature.
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Murrayfield Stadium is a sports stadium located in the west end of
Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Its all-seater capacity was recently reduced from
67,800 to 67,144 to incorporate the largest permanent "big screens" in the country,
though it remains the largest stadium in Scotland and the 6th largest in the United Kingdom.
The stadium is the home of the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU), and is primarily used as a venue for rugby union and hosts
most of Scotland's home test matches, the Scottish Hydro Electric Cup final, as well as Pro12 and Heineken Cup matches.
Although mainly a rugby union stadium, Murrayfield has in the past hosted American football, rugby league and association
football matches and music concerts. One of the most notable of the latter was the Edinburgh 50,000 - The Final Push concert as part of Live 8.
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